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Nienke van Drunen
7 Nienke van Drunen
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Year:
    SR
  • Hometown:
    Zwolle, The Netherlands
  • High School:
    Gymnasium Celeanum
  • Position:
    M
  • Major:
    Criminal Justice
  • m
    31
  • k/s
    1.25
  • h %
    .329
  • a/s
    0.10
  • b/s
    0.70
  • sa/s
    0.00
  • d/s
    0.29
Bio
Personal

Nienke is a Criminal Justice major. A fun fact about her is that she's scared of butterflies. 

"I chose Morningside because the coaches and staff were very helpful and made me feel welcome," said Nienke.

Recent games
Date Opponent Result
Oct 23 Dordt (IA) W, 3-0
Oct 30 Briar Cliff (IA) W, 3-0
Nov 2 Dakota Wesleyan (SD) W, 3-1
Nov 5 at Waldorf W, 3-0
Nov 9 Hastings L, 3-1
Nov 23 at #15 Viterbo L, 3-1
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Matches 31 16
Sets 103 56
Kills 129 79
Kills per set 1.25 1.41
Errors 25 12
Total Attacks 316 187
Total Attacks per set 3.07 3.34
Hitting Percentage .329 .358
Assists 10 6
Assists per set 0.10 0.11
Service Aces 0 0
Service Errors 0 0
Service Aces per set 0.00 0.00
Receptions 6 2
Reception Errors 0 0
Digs 30 22
Digs per set 0.29 0.39
Block Solo 9 7
Block Assist 63 42
Block Total 72 49
Blocks per set 0.70 0.88
Block Errors 3 2
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 169.5 107.0
Points per set 1.6 1.9
Matches started 25 13
Game Log - Offense
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a pts
Aug 16 at (RV) College of Idaho W, 3-2 - 3 1 0 4 .250 1 1.5
Aug 16 vs. #15 Montana Western W, 3-0 1 3 2 1 5 .200 0 3.5
Aug 17 vs. #3 Eastern Oregon L, 3-0 1 3 3 0 9 .333 0 3.0
Aug 17 vs. Arizona Christian (AZ) W, 3-0 1 3 3 1 6 .333 1 3.5
Aug 23 vs. Goshen (IN) W, 3-0 - 3 3 1 5 .400 0 4.0
Aug 23 vs. #25 Ottawa W, 3-0 1 3 4 0 4 1.000 0 4.0
Aug 24 vs. John Brown W, 3-1 1 4 4 0 8 .500 0 6.0
Aug 24 vs. Saint Mary W, 3-0 1 3 6 4 12 .167 0 8.0
Aug 28 at (RV) Dakota State (SD) W, 3-1 1 4 5 1 15 .267 0 6.0
Aug 30 vs. #9 Jamestown L, 3-0 1 3 2 1 7 .143 0 3.0
Aug 30 vs. Cottey (MO) W, 3-0 1 3 4 0 13 .308 0 4.0
Aug 31 vs. Mayville State W, 3-0 1 2 1 1 4 .000 0 1.5
Aug 31 vs. York (NE) W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 4 at Dordt (IA) L, 3-2 - 4 4 1 11 .273 0 6.5
Sep 7 at Mount Marty W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 11 #1 Northwestern L, 3-0 - 1 0 0 3 .000 0 0.0
Sep 13 (RV) Valley City State L, 3-2 - 2 2 0 4 .500 0 2.5
Sep 14 Waldorf W, 3-2 - 5 9 1 16 .500 1 10.5
Sep 18 at Dakota Wesleyan (SD) L, 3-1 1 4 5 0 14 .357 1 7.5
Sep 25 at Briar Cliff (IA) W, 3-0 1 3 4 0 5 .800 1 4.5
Sep 28 at Hastings W, 3-0 1 3 2 2 8 .000 0 3.0
Oct 4 Mount Marty W, 3-1 1 4 3 0 9 .333 0 4.5
Oct 5 College of Saint Mary (NE) W, 3-0 1 3 4 0 9 .444 0 6.5
Oct 11 at #18 Midland L, 3-2 1 5 3 1 12 .167 0 8.5
Oct 12 at #4 Concordia (NE) L, 3-1 1 4 5 2 17 .176 1 6.5
Oct 16 at #1 Northwestern L, 3-1 1 4 7 3 18 .222 0 8.0
Oct 19 Doane (NE) W, 3-0 1 3 4 1 8 .375 0 6.0
Oct 23 Dordt (IA) W, 3-0 1 3 4 0 8 .500 0 5.0
Oct 30 Briar Cliff (IA) W, 3-0 1 3 9 0 15 .600 1 10.5
Nov 2 Dakota Wesleyan (SD) W, 3-1 1 4 7 0 16 .438 0 9.0
Nov 5 at Waldorf W, 3-0 1 3 9 1 18 .444 1 10.5
Nov 9 Hastings L, 3-1 1 4 4 0 14 .286 1 5.5
Nov 23 at #15 Viterbo L, 3-1 1 4 6 3 19 .158 1 6.5
Game Log - Defense
Date Opponent Score ms s digs bs ba be tot bhe
Aug 16 at (RV) College of Idaho W, 3-2 - 3 1 0 1 0 1 0
Aug 16 vs. #15 Montana Western W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 3 0 3 0
Aug 17 vs. #3 Eastern Oregon L, 3-0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
Aug 17 vs. Arizona Christian (AZ) W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 0
Aug 23 vs. Goshen (IN) W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 2 0 2 0
Aug 23 vs. #25 Ottawa W, 3-0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
Aug 24 vs. John Brown W, 3-1 1 4 1 1 2 1 3 0
Aug 24 vs. Saint Mary W, 3-0 1 3 1 0 4 0 4 0
Aug 28 at (RV) Dakota State (SD) W, 3-1 1 4 2 0 2 0 2 0
Aug 30 vs. #9 Jamestown L, 3-0 1 3 0 0 2 0 2 0
Aug 30 vs. Cottey (MO) W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aug 31 vs. Mayville State W, 3-0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0
Aug 31 vs. York (NE) W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 4 at Dordt (IA) L, 3-2 - 4 1 1 3 0 4 0
Sep 7 at Mount Marty W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 11 #1 Northwestern L, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 13 (RV) Valley City State L, 3-2 - 2 0 0 1 0 1 0
Sep 14 Waldorf W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 3 0 3 0
Sep 18 at Dakota Wesleyan (SD) L, 3-1 1 4 2 2 1 0 3 0
Sep 25 at Briar Cliff (IA) W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 0
Sep 28 at Hastings W, 3-0 1 3 2 1 0 1 1 0
Oct 4 Mount Marty W, 3-1 1 4 1 1 1 0 2 0
Oct 5 College of Saint Mary (NE) W, 3-0 1 3 2 1 3 1 4 0
Oct 11 at #18 Midland L, 3-2 1 5 5 0 11 0 11 0
Oct 12 at #4 Concordia (NE) L, 3-1 1 4 1 1 1 0 2 0
Oct 16 at #1 Northwestern L, 3-1 1 4 0 0 2 0 2 0
Oct 19 Doane (NE) W, 3-0 1 3 1 0 4 0 4 0
Oct 23 Dordt (IA) W, 3-0 1 3 4 0 2 0 2 0
Oct 30 Briar Cliff (IA) W, 3-0 1 3 1 0 3 0 3 0
Nov 2 Dakota Wesleyan (SD) W, 3-1 1 4 1 0 4 0 4 0
Nov 5 at Waldorf W, 3-0 1 3 1 0 3 0 3 0
Nov 9 Hastings L, 3-1 1 4 1 1 1 0 2 0
Nov 23 at #15 Viterbo L, 3-1 1 4 0 0 1 0 1 0
Game Log - Serve/Receive
Date Opponent Score ms s ta sa se r re
Aug 16 at (RV) College of Idaho W, 3-2 - 3 0 0 0 1 0
Aug 16 vs. #15 Montana Western W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
Aug 17 vs. #3 Eastern Oregon L, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
Aug 17 vs. Arizona Christian (AZ) W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
Aug 23 vs. Goshen (IN) W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 1 0
Aug 23 vs. #25 Ottawa W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
Aug 24 vs. John Brown W, 3-1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
Aug 24 vs. Saint Mary W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0
Aug 28 at (RV) Dakota State (SD) W, 3-1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
Aug 30 vs. #9 Jamestown L, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
Aug 30 vs. Cottey (MO) W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0
Aug 31 vs. Mayville State W, 3-0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Aug 31 vs. York (NE) W, 3-0 - - - - - - -
Sep 4 at Dordt (IA) L, 3-2 - 4 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 7 at Mount Marty W, 3-0 - - - - - - -
Sep 11 #1 Northwestern L, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 13 (RV) Valley City State L, 3-2 - 2 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 14 Waldorf W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 18 at Dakota Wesleyan (SD) L, 3-1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 25 at Briar Cliff (IA) W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 28 at Hastings W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 4 Mount Marty W, 3-1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 5 College of Saint Mary (NE) W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 11 at #18 Midland L, 3-2 1 5 0 0 0 2 0
Oct 12 at #4 Concordia (NE) L, 3-1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 16 at #1 Northwestern L, 3-1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 19 Doane (NE) W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 23 Dordt (IA) W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 30 Briar Cliff (IA) W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 2 Dakota Wesleyan (SD) W, 3-1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 5 at Waldorf W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 9 Hastings L, 3-1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 23 at #15 Viterbo L, 3-1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
m s k k/s e ta ta/s pct a a/s pts pts/s
2021-22 1 1 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 - 0 0.00 0.5 0.5
2022-23 28 97 112 1.15 64 323 3.33 .149 3 0.03 153.5 1.6
2023-24 29 84 102 1.21 45 303 3.61 .188 1 0.01 135.5 1.6
2024-25 31 103 129 1.25 25 316 3.07 .329 10 0.10 169.5 1.6
Total 89 285 343 1.20 134 942 3.31 .222 14 0.05 459.0 1.6

Career Stats: Offense

m s digs d/s bs ba tot b/s
2021-22 1 1 0 0.00 0 1 1 1.00
2022-23 28 97 34 0.35 11 61 72 0.74
2023-24 29 84 20 0.24 7 53 60 0.71
2024-25 31 103 30 0.29 9 63 72 0.70
Total 89 285 84 0.29 27 178 205 0.72

Career Stats: Defense

m s ta sa sa/s se r re
2021-22 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0
2022-23 28 97 5 0 0.00 3 20 4
2023-24 29 84 4 0 0.00 0 12 0
2024-25 31 103 0 0 0.00 0 6 0
Total 89 285 9 0 0.00 3 38 4

Career Stats: Serve/Receive

m s k k/s e ta ta/s pct a a/s pts pts/s
Event
Total 31 103 129 1.25 25 316 3.07 .329 10 0.10 169.5 1.6
Conference 16 56 79 1.41 12 187 3.34 .358 6 0.11 107.0 1.9
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 10 32 46 1.44 2 102 3.19 .431 3 0.09 60.0 1.9
Away 11 41 51 1.24 14 141 3.44 .262 6 0.15 69.0 1.7
Neutral 10 30 32 1.07 9 73 2.43 .315 1 0.03 40.5 1.4
Result
Wins 20 65 88 1.35 14 188 2.89 .394 6 0.09 112.0 1.7
Losses 11 38 41 1.08 11 128 3.37 .234 4 0.11 57.5 1.5
Month
August 12 37 38 1.03 10 92 2.49 .304 2 0.05 48.0 1.3
September 7 22 26 1.18 4 61 2.77 .361 3 0.14 34.5 1.6
October 8 29 39 1.34 7 96 3.31 .333 2 0.07 55.5 1.9
November 4 15 26 1.73 4 67 4.47 .328 3 0.20 31.5 2.1

Splits Stats: Offense

m s digs d/s bs ba tot b/s
Event
Total 31 103 30 0.29 9 63 72 0.70
Conference 16 56 22 0.39 7 42 49 0.88
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 10 32 11 0.34 3 22 25 0.78
Away 11 41 15 0.37 5 26 31 0.76
Neutral 10 30 4 0.13 1 15 16 0.53
Result
Wins 20 65 19 0.29 4 40 44 0.68
Losses 11 38 11 0.29 5 23 28 0.74
Month
August 12 37 7 0.19 1 18 19 0.51
September 7 22 5 0.23 4 9 13 0.59
October 8 29 15 0.52 3 27 30 1.03
November 4 15 3 0.20 1 9 10 0.67

Splits Stats: Defense

m s ta sa sa/s se r re
Event
Total 31 103 0 0 0.00 0 6 0
Conference 16 56 0 0 0.00 0 2 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 10 32 0 0 0.00 0 0 0
Away 11 41 0 0 0.00 0 3 0
Neutral 10 30 0 0 0.00 0 3 0
Result
Wins 20 65 0 0 0.00 0 4 0
Losses 11 38 0 0 0.00 0 2 0
Month
August 12 37 0 0 0.00 0 4 0
September 7 22 0 0 0.00 0 0 0
October 8 29 0 0 0.00 0 2 0
November 4 15 0 0 0.00 0 0 0

Splits Stats: Serve/Receive

News mentions
Four Mustangs selected for Academic All-District honors
  • Article
  • December 20, 2024
Four Mustangs selected for Academic All-District honors

GREENWOOD, IND. – Four Morningside women’s volleyball players landed on the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team, the CSC announced this afternoon. Sydney Marlow, Barbora Kozouskova, Nienke van Drunen, and Claire Wilson represented the Mustangs on the team.

  • December 20, 2024
Women's Volleyball places 11 on Daktronics scholar-athlete list
  • Article
  • November 25, 2024
Women's Volleyball places 11 on Daktronics scholar-athlete list

KANSAS CITY, MO. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics announced its Daktronics Scholar-Athletes for women’s volleyball, releasing this year's list ahead alongside the other fall sports.

  • November 25, 2024
Gritty Mustangs unable to upset no. 15 Viterbo
  • Article
  • November 23, 2024
Gritty Mustangs unable to upset no. 15 Viterbo

LA CROSSE, WIS. – Morningside Women’s Volleyball’s fought valiantly at no. 15 Viterbo, today, taking the opening set and fighting until the end as they fell 3-1 to the V-Hawks in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Women’s Volleyball National Championship Opening Round.

  • November 23, 2024
Graphic detailing all-conference.
  • Article
  • November 19, 2024
Marlow among five Mustangs GPAC All-Conference honorees

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Five Morningside University women’s volleyball student-athletes were named on Tuesday to the Great Plains Athletic Conference All-Conference teams.

  • November 19, 2024
Graphic with set scores.
  • Article
  • November 05, 2024
Morningside ends regular season with sweep over Waldorf

The Mustangs hit .369 in the match, and collected 50 kills in the win. 

  • November 05, 2024
Graphic with senior day shot of all the players and families.
  • Article
  • November 02, 2024
Mustangs battle back on Senior Day

After dropping the first set, Morningside (21-9, 9-6 GPAC) won the following three to beat the Tigers by set scores of 22-25, 25-20, 25-17, and 25-22.

  • November 02, 2024
Graphic detailing M'side sweep of BCU.
  • Article
  • October 30, 2024
Morningside sweeps Briar Cliff for second time this season

The Morningside University volleyball team wrapped up a season sweep over Briar Cliff on Wednesday at Allee Gym with decisive set scores of 25-19, 25-13, and 25-15.

  • October 30, 2024
Photo of Aureana Bernales in a dig
  • Article
  • October 23, 2024
Bernales reaches 1,000 digs in sweep over Dordt

A very successful second set on Wednesday helped the Morningside University women’s volleyball team sweep Dordt and reach a milestone.

  • October 23, 2024
Game score with Sydney Marlow photo
  • Article
  • October 19, 2024
Morningside toughs it out over Doane

The Mustangs swept Doane 25-19, 25-18, 25-13 at Rosen Verdoorn Sports Center. Sydney Marlow led the Mustangs with 12 kills, and she had two assisted blocks.

  • October 19, 2024
3-1 volleyball graphic loss to Northwestern
  • Article
  • October 16, 2024
Morningside falls in four to No. 1 Northwestern

Payten Lode led the Mustangs with 12 kills, followed by Sydney Marlow with 11, and Wilson with nine.

  • October 16, 2024
Generic graphic of volleyball loss
  • Article
  • October 12, 2024
Mustangs take first set in hard-fought match at No. 4 Concordia

The Mustangs won the first set 25-20, but then lost the other three by set scores of 19-25, 20-25, 15-25.

  • October 12, 2024
Mustangs fluster Flames in GPAC sweep
  • Article
  • October 05, 2024
Mustangs fluster Flames in GPAC sweep

After defeating Mount Marty on Friday, the Mustangs (17-6. 5-3 GPAC) on Saturday swept the College of Saint Mary by set scores of 25-21, 25-18, and 25-22 at Rosen Verdoorn Sports Complex.

  • October 05, 2024
game graphic vs. Mount Marty
  • Article
  • October 04, 2024
Lode, Marlow lead Mustangs in win over Mount Marty

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – The Morningside University women’s volleyball team started off a two-match home weekend series on Friday with a four-set win over Mount Marty.

  • October 04, 2024
Graphic of 3-0 win over Hastings
  • Article
  • September 28, 2024
No. 21 Mustangs claim second road sweep this week

Morningside (15-6, 3-3 GPAC) won by set scores of 25-20, 25-14 and 25-23. Payten Lode led the Mustangs with 13 kills.

  • September 28, 2024
Graphic of 9-18-24 four-set loss.
  • Article
  • September 18, 2024
Despite strong third set, Mustangs fall at Dakota Wesleyan

Morningside continued its GPAC schedule with a four-set loss on the road to the Tigers.

  • September 18, 2024
Graphic of 3-2 win over Waldorf.
  • Article
  • September 14, 2024
Mustangs pick up first GPAC win in five-setter

The Mustangs (13-5, 1-2) defeated Great Plains Athletic Conference newcomer Waldorf by set scores of 25-21, 15-15, 26-24, 14-25 and 15-7 at Allee Gymnasium.

  • September 14, 2024
Morningside wins two more, improves to 7-1 start
  • Article
  • August 24, 2024
Morningside wins two more, improves to 7-1 start

BELLEVUE, Neb. – After losing the first set on Saturday, the Morningside University women’s volleyball team won six straight sets to defeat John Brown and Grand View at the GoSarpy.com Volleyball Classic. With the wins, Morningside boosts their record to 7-1 to start the season.

  • August 24, 2024